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How much do humans contribute to global warming?


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The contribution of humans to global warming-

  1. Global warming generally refers to the gradual heating of the earth’s surface, atmosphere, and oceans.
  2. Human activities have huge results on global warming.
  3. Every year, each person emits around two tons of CO2 gas from cement production, deforestation as well as the burning of fossil fuels like coal, oil, and natural gas into the environment.
  4. Humans emit about 40% of total N2O gas from agriculture, industrial processes, and waste management.
  5. Pollution, overpopulation, and rapid industrialization are the leading causes of climate change that also trigger global warming.
  6. Anthropogenic sources such as landfills, oil and natural gas systems, agricultural activities, coal mining, stationary and mobile combustion, wastewater treatment, and certain industrial processes produce methane gas at about 16-17% which is another cause of global warming by humans.

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